Punish zina
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's
Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Fear God, remember God, and be mindful of God.
She should stoned for the sin, fear God and don't say that crap about saving
his marriage.
At least you should say, there should be no question; he should divorce her
immediately if she was raised as a Muslim.
Adultery (Zina) is wrong no matter how it was done and it is ground for divorce
in all societies.
Don't encourage the brother to hold on to whore. She should punished for
her crime first.
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Answer:
Punish
zina
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
My
beloved and dear Brother in Islam, it is indeed evident from the tone of your
above statements how much you hate and abhor the henious sin of ‘zina’; and that
is indeed a sign of your strong ‘emaan’ and belief in Allah Subhanah and His
Declarations of what is good and what is evil.
Indeed, this heinous act of ‘zina’ is so hated and so abhorred by Allah
Subhanah, that He had His Messenger (saws) prescribe capital punishment for
this abomination of ‘zina’. May Allah
Subhanah increase your love for what is loved by Allah and His Messenger
(saws), and hate and abhor what is disliked by Allah and His Messenger (saws).
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.806 Narrated
by Abu Huraira
A man came to Allah's Messenger (saws) while he was in the
mosque, and he called him, saying, "O Allah's Messenger (saws)! I have
committed ‘zina’ (adultery)." The Prophet
(saws) turned his face to the other side, but that man repeated his statement
four times, and after he bore witness against himself four times, the Prophet
(saws) called him, saying, "Are you mad?" The man said,
"No." The Prophet (saws) said, "Are you married?" The man said, "Yes." Then the Prophet (saws) said, "Take him
away and stone him to death." Jabir
bin 'Abdullah said: ‘I was among the ones who participated in stoning him and
we stoned him at the Musalla. When the stones troubled him, he fled, but we
over took him at Al-Harra and stoned him to death.’
Beloved
brother in Islam, indeed the prescribed punishment in Shariah for ‘zina’
(adultery) is to stone the convicted person to death. But this law will only apply when one is in
an Islamic State, and the case of adultery is brought to a Shariah Court, and
the crime is proved by the prosecution in the Shariah Court either by a
confession of the person him/her self, or by producing four honorable witnesses
who actually saw the person in the actual act of ‘zina’ intercourse. If convicted of the accused crime of ‘zina’ by
the
But in
the situation when the ‘zina’ case is not brought to a
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqaan verses 68-71:
68 And (the true servants of the Merciful are) those who cry not unto
any other god along with Allah, nor take the life which Allah hath forbidden
save in the (course of) justice, nor commit adultery; and whoso doeth
this shall pay the penalty;
69 The doom will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he
will abide therein disdained for ever;
70 Save him who repents, and believes, and does righteous work; as for
such, Allah will change their evil deeds into good deeds. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
71 And whosoever repents and does good, he verily repents toward Allah
with true repentance.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:(O
Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair
of Allah’s Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving, All Merciful. Return to your Lord and submit to Him before
the scourge overtakes you; for then you
may get no help from anywhere.”
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 54:When
those come to you who believe in Our Signs,
say: "Peace be on you! Your
Lord had inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Mercy. Verily if any of you did evil in
ignorance, and thereafter repented and
amended (his conduct), Lo! He is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
Your
Statement: She should stoned for the sin, fear God and don't say that crap
about saving his marriage.
Indeed, the sin
of ‘zina’ (adultery) is so heinous and such an abomination that Allah and His
Messenger (saws) has prescribed capital punishment for this evil act. But only the
It is not
that any normal person or believer who ‘thinks’ someone is guilty of ‘zina’
(adultery) and he goes and stones the person to death! It is only if the case is brought to a
If one
reads and studies the above quoted hadith and studies the wisdom behind the
Prophet’s (saws) reaction, one will realize the mercy and wisdom of the
Messenger of Allah Subhanah (saws) when the man himself came and confessed of
his sin of ‘zina’ to the Prophet (saws).
‘The
Prophet (saws) turned his face to the
other side, but that man repeated his statement four times, and after he bore
witness against himself four times, the Prophet (saws) called him, saying,
"Are you mad?" The man said, "No."
Why did
the Prophet (saws) turn his face to the other side everytime the man confessed
his sin, pretending as if he (saws) did not hear his confession? Why did the Prophet (saws) ask the man, ‘are you mad?’
It is
obvious that the noble and wise Prophet (saws), who was sent as a mercy to all
of mankind, was trying to ignore the man’s confession and give him a chance to
seek direct repentance for his sin from the Merciful Lord and save himself from
the prescribed Shariah punishment. Only
when the man insisted on his confession, and after confirming that the man was
not insane, the Messenger of Allah (saws), in his capacity as the Shariah
Judge, sentenced the man to be stoned to death according to Shariah.
The truth
of the matter is that the man could have saved himself from the Shariah
punishment, if he had sought direct and sincere Taubah from the Merciful
Lord. But this noble person realized the
abomination of his grave error in the sight of Allah Subhanah, and so feared
his Accounting in the Just Court of Allah Subhanah in the Hereafter, and he
willingly sought such sincere Taubah and forgiveness for his mistake that he
was willing to rather face the capital punishment prescribed in this world,
than face the Anger and Wrath of Allah Subhanah in there Hereafter! Such was his absolute fear of the Majestic
Lord, and the purity of his sincerity in seeking Taubah! Subhan Allah.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 4207 Narrated
by Imran ibn Husayn
A woman from Juhaynah came to Allah's Messenger (saws) and she
had become pregnant because of adultery. She said: ‘O Messenger of Allah
(saws), I have done something for which (prescribed punishment) must be imposed
upon me, so impose that.’ Allah's
Messenger (saws) called her guardian and said: ‘Treat her well, and when she
gives birth bring her to me.’ He did
accordingly. Then Allah's Messenger (saws) pronounced judgment on her. Her
clothes were tied around her and then he gave the order and she was stoned to
death. He then prayed over her (dead body).
Thereupon Hadrat Umar (r.a.) said to him (saws): ‘O Messenger of Allah
(saws), you offer prayer for her although she had committed adultery!’ Thereupon he (saws) said: ‘She has made such
a repentance that if it were to be divided among seventy men of
Your
Statement: Don't encourage the brother to hold on to whore. She should
punished for her crime first. At least
you should say, there should be no question; he should divorce her immediately
if she was raised as a Muslim. Adultery
(Zina) is wrong no matter how it was done and it is ground for divorce in all
societies.
Beloved brother,
when Allah Subhanah in His Supreme and Infinite Mercy, has declared that He is
willing to forgive any and all sins of his repentant slaves provided one seeks
sincere repentance; would it not behove and befit His sinful slaves like us to
forgive the shortcomings of one another?
Do we too not wish that Allah Subhanah would forgive us of our own sins
we did in ignorance?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah Noor verse 22:: let
them (the believes) forgive and overlook (the mistakes of his believing
brothers): do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah is
Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 64 Surah Taghabun verse 14:O ye
who believe! Truly among your wives and your children are (some that are)
enemies to yourselves: so beware of them!
But if ye forgive and overlook and cover up (their faults),
verily! Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most
Merciful.
Beloved
and dear Brother in Islam, your anger, and your hatred and abhorrence is
absolutely appropriate at this most heinous of the heinous sins; but as
believers, we are guided by the Merciful and Gracious Lord to overlook and
forgive the shortcomings of one another if we see that the person who committed
the sin is sincere in his repentance to his Merciful Lord.
Your
Statement: At least you should say, there should be no question; he should
divorce her immediately if she was raised as a Muslim. Adultery (Zina) is wrong no matter how it was
done and it is ground for divorce in all societies.
Allah
Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verses 133-134:
133 (O you who believe!) Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a
Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth
prepared for the righteous.
134 Those who spend (freely) whether in prosperity or in adversity; who
restrain anger and pardon (all) men; for
Allah loves those who do good.
Beloved
brother, if a brother is convinced that his wife has committed the evil act of
‘zina’, he is well within his rights to divorce her immediately, and he would
not be in the wrong. But if a brother
feels that his wife made this grave error in ignorance, and is sincerely
repentant to Allah Subhanah and to her husband, and believes that she is
willing to amend her conduct; it would only be righteousness and behoving of a
believer that just as Allah Subhanah accepts the repentance of His sinning
slaves, he too should forgive and overlook her fault, and keep her as his wife
in dignity and honor. If he could bring
himself to do that, he would earn a huge reward from Allah Subhanah for his
patience and kindness towards his wife.
But if
the husband feels that the wife who committed this heinous act of adultery is
not at all repentant over her deeds, and believes that she would do it again in
the future; then it becomes incumbent upon the husband to divorce her
immediately.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister